fundamental

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəl/

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• Hyphenation: fun‧da‧men‧tal

Adjective

Positive fundamental

Comparative more fundamental

Superlative most fundamental

1. If something is fundamental, it is basic and important.

   The loss of her legs has caused her to undergo a fundamental change in how she looks at life.

   Respect is fundamental to a strong education system.

   There is no more fundamental question than "why are we here?"

Noun

Singular fundamental

Plural fundamentals

1. (countable) The fundamentals of something, are the main ideas or parts that it is built on.

Related words

• fundamentals
• fundamentalism
• fundamentalist